Adalimumab is a subcutaneously administered biological disease modifier for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other chronic debilitating diseases mediated by tumor necrosis factor. It was originally launched by Abbvie in the U.S. and approved in 2002 by the FDA. This drug is frequently known as Humira. It is produced by recombinant DNA technology using a mammalian cell expression system. This drug is available in a prefilled syringe form and convenient pen form for subcutaneous self-administered doses.
Several biosimilars to adalimumab. Adalimumab-atto was the first adalimumab biosimilar approved by the FDA in 2016. Adalimumab-adaz was approved by the FDA on October 31, 2018. Other biosimilars include adalimumab-fkjp, which was approved in July 2022, and adalimumab-bwwd, which was approved in August 2022. A biosimilar marketed as Hyrimoz, a high-concentration formulation of adalimumab, is also available.
Adalimumab is indicated for the following conditions:
Adalimumab has also been used off-label to treat Pyoderma gangrenosum.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
CRC Étienne Le-Bel at CHUS, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Hospital Moises Broggi, Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, Spain
Complexo Hospitalario Arquitecto Marcide -Novoa Santos, Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain
Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
Médecine polyvalente, CH de SAINT NAZAIRE, Saint Nazaire, France
Rhumatologie, CHRU de RENNES, Rennes, France
Rhumatologie, CHD LA ROCHE SUR YON, La Roche Sur Yon, France
University of California San Francisco/San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States
Centre Hospitalier Sud-Francilien - Secretariat de Rhumatologie, Corbeil Essonnes cedex, France
Arthritis Center, Inc., Palm Harbor, Florida, United States
Revmatologie s.r.o., Brno, Czechia
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